Sewing-machine frame.



PATENTED JAN. 24,1905. T. H'. WHITE.

SEWING MACHINE FRAME.

APPLIOAIION FILED JAN. 6, 1904.

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No 780,694. PATENTED JAN. 2 1905..

I T. H. WHITE, 1 SEWING MACHINE FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, 1904.

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MIL/255585 [ma /Zia) 4 Wa -WW M5 UNITED STATES Patented January 24, 1905'.

PATE T OFFICE. I

THOMAS H. WHITE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE WHITE SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

SEWING-'IVIACHINE FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,694, dated January 24, 1905. Application filed January 6, 1904. Serial No. 187,858.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THoMAs H. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sewing-Machine Frames, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings.

head accessories.

The manufacturers of drop-head sewing-machines have found it impracticable to ship such machines from the factory to the selling agent in a knocked-down conditionthat is, with the frame separated into its constituent parts and disconnected from the table and its drop- This is because it requires more skill to assemble such parts than is ordinarily possessed by the selling agents to whom the machines are shipped. Becauseof this fact manufacturers have found it necessary to ship nearly all of their drop-head sewing-machines in a completely-assembled state, and this very greatly increases expenses of transportation. I

The object of this invention is to so construct a sewing-machine frame adapted for use with a drop-head sewing-machine that said frame can be partly knocked down without disconnecting it from the table and its attached parts,whereby the removed parts of the frame maybe nested between the parts thereof which are not removed, thereby greatly reducing the bulk to be shipped, and consequently reducing transportation charges.

The invention may be here summarized as consisting of a sewing-machine whose framelegs are each made of two or more separablyconnected parts and also in more specific details of construction shown in the drawings and hereinafter described, and pointed out definitely in the claims. I

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a drop-head sewing-machine embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of said machine. Fig. 3 is a side view of the machine when the lower leg-sections have been removed, and Fig. 4 is a side view of one of the lower leg-sections.

Referring to the parts by letters, A A rep- The overla p ping portions of the two leg-sections are of inverted-V shape, wherefore when the lower sections are removed the upper sections will rest squarely on a floor and serve as short legs to support the machine. The connecting screws or bolts pass through the overlapping parts of the sections at the apex of the Vs and at the ends thereof, as shown, being thereby out of line, wherefore it is not necessary that the two sections shall overlap to any considerable extent in order that they may be firmly and rigidly connected.

The back brace C has at its four corners the ears 0, through which pass the screws K, by which said brace is secured to the upper and lower sections of the two legs. i I

D represents the treadle-shaft, which extends between and is connected to the lower leg-sections in the usual or any suitable manner. on. F represents the pitman, and Gthe driving-wheel, which is mounted on a stud se-' cured to a frame H, which is attached to one of the lower leg-sections.

To knock this frame down for shipment, the treadle-shaft and treadle should be re moved, the pitman should be disconnected from the driving-wheel, the brace should be disconnected from the lower leg-sections, and the latter should be disconnected from the upper. leg-sections. 'The brace should then be swung up under the table between the upper leg-sections, as shown in Fig. 3, and the other parts removed can'be nested and packed in the space between said two upper leg-sec tions. The machine will then be ready for crating and when crated will occupy but onehalf the space it would occupy in its assembled condition.

I claim 1. The combination, with a drop-head sewing-machine top, of a frame which includes E represents the treadle mounted theretwo legs each composed of an upper section which is secured to said top, and a lower section which is removably secured to the upper section, and a back brace which is pivotally connected with the two upper sections at points which are below the drop-head top, and which is separably connected with the two lower sections.

2. A sewing-machine frame which includes two legs, each composed of an upper section and an overlapping lower section, the over.- lapping parts of said sections being of inverted-V shape, and fastening devices, arranged out of line, connecting said overlapping parts to said leg-sections.

3. A sewing-machine consisting of two side legs each composed of an upper SCCtlOlLWlllCll is connected with the table-top, and a lower section separably connected with the upper section, a driving-wheel mounted on one of the lower sections, and a back brace which is separably connected with said four leg-sections.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS H. WHITE.

Witnesses:

ALBERT H. BATES, E; L. THURsToN. 

